Blueberry River, Minnesota
| Blueberry River | ||
 The Blueberry River in Blueberry Township |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 640304 | |
| location | Minnesota (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Shell River → Crow Wing River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source |
Green Valley Township , Becker County 46 ° 50 ′ 30 ″ N , 95 ° 16 ′ 45 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 459 m | |
| muzzle |
Blueberry Lake , Shell River , Wadena County Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '48 " N , 95 ° 5' 34" W 46 ° 46 '48 " N , 95 ° 5' 34" W. |
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| Mouth height | 418 m | |
| Height difference | 41 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.3 ‰ | |
| length | 32 km | |
| Right tributaries | Kettle River | |
The Blueberry River is about 20 miles long right tributary of the Shell River in northern Minnesota in the United States .
About the Shell River and Crow Wing River it is part of the catchment area of the Mississippi River and drains a rural area.
The name of the river is a translation of its name in the language of the Ojibwe .
geography
The Blueberry River rises in the Green Valley Township in the southeast of Becker County and flows in a southeast direction. It runs a short distance in southwest de Hubbard County and then enters northwest of Wadena County , where the Kettle River joins and it flows through the town of Menahga . It flows into Blueberry Lake of the Shell River in the Blueberry Township in Wadena County, about 3 km north of Menahga. The Blueberry River runs in the ecoregion of the northern lakes and forests, which is characterized by coniferous plants and hardwood forests and consists of flat ground moraine plains and undulating sand .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Blueberry River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ National Assessment Database: Assessment Data for the State of Minnesota in 2004. Year . United States Environmental Protection Agency . S. Crow Wing Watershed . Archived from the original on July 7, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 24, 2007. The length of the river from an unnamed tributary to its mouth is 10.56 miles . The length of the upper reaches, according to DeLorme, is eight miles, rounded to the nearest twenty miles.
- ^ Warren Upham: Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. . Minnesota Historical Society . S. Wadena County: Blueberry Township . Archived from the original on June 20, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
- ^ Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer . DeLorme , Yarmouth, Me. 1994, ISBN 0-89933-222-6 , p. 61.
- ^ Upper Mississippi River Basin. . Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. S. Upper Mississippi River Basin Water Quality Plan, Headwaters to the Rum River - Anoka, Section III: Upper Mississippi River Basin . 2000. Archived from the original on June 18, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
